Women’s basketball (11-18, 4-14 MAC) will get a rematch against Western Michigan University (16-14, 8-10 MAC) in the MAC Tournament tonight, after falling to the Broncos 64-60 on Saturday at the Convocation Center.NIU outscored Western Michigan in the...
Women’s basketball fell to 10-13 for the season and 3-9 in the MAC after losing a close matchup with Central Michigan University Saturday at the Convocation Center.NIU controlled the game in the first half, leading the Chippewas 38-25 at halftime. CMU...
Women’s basketball (9-11, 2-7 MAC) will have an opportunity to build on its last-second victory over Buffalo University last Saturday as it takes on Ohio University (17-3, 9-0 MAC).The Bobcats are 7-0 at home this season and have won 12 games in a row....
Women’s basketball (9-11, 2-7 MAC) broke its seven-game losing streak with a buzzer-beating three pointer, downing Buffalo University 76-74.The Huskies struggled from the field in the first half, shooting 38 percent (14-36) and 40 percent from three....
Women’s basketball (2-1, 0-0 MAC) defeated Eastern Illinois University (1-4) at home Tuesday with a final score of 79-63.NIU shot 51 percent (30-58) from the field and controlled the majority of the game in terms of paint and glass play. The Huskies...
Women’s basketball (0-1, 0-0 MAC) dropped its season opener on Friday in a 93-67 blowout loss to SIUE (1-0, 0-0 OVC).The Cougars outscored NIU in all four periods of the game, holding it to less than 20 points in two of them. They led by just five points...
DeKalb | Women’s basketball (0-0, 0-0 MAC) defeated St. Francis 86-54 in a home exhibition game on Saturday, giving the team its biggest win since the 2012-13 season.Head coach Lisa Carlsen came into the season with a chance to improve the program and...
Women’s Basketball team will have an opportunity to make an immediate impact in its season opener against St. Francis on Saturday.The game will mark the debut of head coach Lisa Carlsen, who joins NIU after eight seasons at Lewis University where she...
Kelly Smith, women’s basketball freshman forward, takes the No. 3 spot in Sports’ top five newcomers after playing a key role on an injury-riddled NIU squad.Smith averaged nine points (third best among MAC freshman) and 4.1 rebounds per game as she...
Women’s basketball won 12 games and lost 17 times in 2014-15. It went 8-10 in conference play and was bounced from the MAC Tournament in the first round. It registered only three victories away from home.Yet, 2014-15 proved to be head coach Kathi Bennett’s...
Women’s basketball senior Amanda Corral and freshman Kelly Smith garnered MAC season honors, the conference announced today.Corral was named to the All-MAC First Team and Smith was named to the MAC’s All-Freshman Team. Corral is the first player since...
